Revealing mistake: When the sausages catch fire at the party, you can see the flammable liquid surrounding and covering them. (01:00:45)
Hamster
Revealing mistake: When the crazy bird is let out of the cage it starts flying around. Then it explodes in mid-air. A split-second before it explodes you can clearly see the size of the bird increase by about three times. (00:28:15)
Revealing mistake: When Jesse is cleaning out his room, he puts a tape into his tape player, and presses a button down on the top of it. But halfway though the scene of him packing his things away, you can clearly see the button is no longer pressed down, yet the tape still plays. (00:18:10 - 00:19:00)
3rd Sep 2004
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Revealing mistake: As George lifts up Cody, prior to him hitting the fan, there is a side shot of George lifing up Cody, and you can visibly see a pale plastic dummy's hand instead of Cody's, revealing that Cody has been replaced by a dummy. (00:39:40)
24th Aug 2004
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Revealing mistake: When the couple split the pole, they get hit by a bus. As the shot cuts to a wide shot, you can see the couple have been replaced by dummies, just before the bus hits them. (00:10:20)
22nd Aug 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: Numerous times you can see the 'metal' robot's metal armour and the spikes on the armour wobble like rubber. This is because the whole robot's armour is made of polyurethane foam. (01:13:30 - 01:15:00)
21st Aug 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Sarah discovers Toby has gone from his cot, Goblins start moving about in her fathers room. The second goblin we see laughs, and jumps down from the top of her fathers four poster bed. As the goblin does this, you can see the shadow of a boom mic bob down onto the material that drapes from each poster of the bed. (00:11:05)
18th Aug 2004
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
Revealing mistake: When Kate is in one cube room on her own, looking around, just after losing Simon and just before meeting Sasha, as the camera pans around the room, on most of the black cube doors, clearly reflected on the shiny surface of them, are camera / stage lights. (00:10:15)
16th Aug 2004
Braindead (1992)
Revealing mistake: When the thug zombie punches his hand through a womans head, you can see the switch from actress to dummy. (01:12:50)
Revealing mistake: When the tennis balls pop out of the tubes at Schneider, you can clearly see a hole cut into the bottom of each tennis tube. (00:33:15)
26th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Revealing mistake: When Miss Kettlewell is searching in the closet for Andy, you can clearly see shadows of crewmembers moving about on the hanging coats and walls, on the left hand side of the screen. (00:36:20)
25th Jul 2004
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Revealing mistake: When Simon Cowell is being shot at, it's an obvious stunt double, and you can also tell the double is wearing a bullet proof vest. (00:17:15)
25th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: You can see strings attached to the witches monkeys as they fly, and also strings from their bodies to their wings, to give the wings that flapping effect. (01:11:20)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Melanie is brought downstairs and onto the couch, she starts flapping her arms out going 'No! No!' You can see Cathy turn her head and laugh to herself a little, then pretend to cry. (01:45:50)
19th Jul 2004
The Langoliers (1995)
Revealing mistake: When the plane first lands at Bangor airport, the words 'American Pride' on the plane are reversed, like they are reflected in a mirror in one shot as its wheels hits the runway. (00:50:55)
13th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: When the house lands in Oz, it lands with a bump and Dorothy is laying on her bed with Toto. The objects in the room had moved about a lot due to the twister, and wires attached to the end of the bed and the chair, etc. are really quite clear. (00:18:12)
11th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: When Dorothy first meets the Scarecrow, he is placed up on a wooden stick and you can blatantly see the wire holding him up on it. (00:33:40)
4th Jul 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: When in the oubliette, Hoggle lights one candle, and it's flame seems to be able to light up the whole of the oubliette very brightly, much like studio lighting. (00:21:25)
26th Jun 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Sarah is trying to reach Toby while in the Escher-style room, there is a scene where Jareth is walking along (underneath where Sarah is standing), he does an 180-degree flip around the edge of the platform. If you look at Jareth's shadow, you can clearly see the shadow of a support bar pushing him up. (01:24:45)
25th Jun 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The Simpsons Christmas Special: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: After Homer brings Santa's Little Helper home, Homer and Marge hug, and if you look behind them, the background is upside down. There is a picture hanging upside down, and there is a lamp which seems to be hanging from the ceiling. Then in the next shot, the background is normal. (00:21:40)
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